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Amazon is offering workers at its Amazon Fresh stores severance pay — or the option to apply for a transfer within its grocery business — as it shuts down the supermarkets.Last week, the tech and e-commerce giant said it would close roughly 60 Amazon Fresh stores in the US. Amazon had spent close to six years trying to make the grocery chain work.The decision means that thousands of Amazon Fresh employees are losing their roles, according to WARN notices filed in some states where Amazon operates Fresh stores. In California, for example, Amazon is set to close roughly 20 Fresh stores,…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Chong, a 38-year-old startup founder in Toronto. He previously worked as a senior software engineer at Microsoft until resigning last September. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I resigned from Microsoft in September 2025. Less than a month later, I lost almost everything I owned.During my move from New York City to my hometown of Toronto, the trailer transporting my belongings was stolen in the middle of the night. The trailer was eventually recovered, but none of my belongings were.While resigning from Microsoft set me down this unfortunate…

On the occasion of my father’s 82nd birthday, I called him to wish him well. As we chatted, I told him about a social media post shared by his former team, the Los Angeles Rams.My dad doesn’t pay attention to social media, so he wouldn’t know that the post had garnered hundreds of likes and comments. Many fans wished him a happy birthday, while others recalled his skill on the field and their favorite memories of watching him play.”That’s neat,” my father said in his understated manner. I could hear the smile in his voice.My father, Tom Mack, was an…

YouTube’s top creator, MrBeast, is making a leap into fintech by buying a consumer banking app geared toward teens.His company, Beast Industries, is acquiring Step, according to a joint announcement sent Monday.Step, which describes itself as an “all-in-one” money app, is a digital banking platform designed to help young people get their financial start. The company offers a mix of services, including savings accounts, a credit-building Visa card that functions similarly to a debit card, and a cash-advance program. Step itself isn’t a bank. It offers its banking services via a partnership with FDIC-member Evolve Bank & Trust.”Financial health is fundamental to…

Google executive Yasmeen Ahmad is looking for something specific when hiring engineers — and it’s not just technical know-how.Ahmad told Business Insider that the typical software engineering interview used to focus on detailed coding tests and test suites. Now, as she hires for a forward-deployed engineering team, which will work with customers, she said she’s prioritizing people with fresh ideas.The strongest candidates are “able to think outside the box,” Ahmad, director of Google Cloud’s data cloud, said. “They’re able to think outside the frame of how we would have normally described a problem.”The executive added that candidates who take a…

California is the US state with the most people moving out, with about 817,000 leavers between 2021 and 2022, according to the most recent census data.A higher cost of living plus the increased threat of wildfires have people choosing other places across the country.And while regular people ditch the Golden State, several celebrities, who can typically afford to live wherever they want, have also decided California is no longer the place for them.Singer turned talk show host Kelly Clarkson traded Los Angeles for New York City post-divorce for in 2022, while actor Sylvester Stallone said in 2024 that he and…

AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink how work — and workers — are defined. The generalist consultant is out, and technical skills and deep industry expertise are in.PwC has launched what it’s calling the “Learning Collective,” a new workplace training initiative designed for the realities of the AI era.It’s a broad rethink of how learning happens inside one of the world’s largest professional services firms.”Skills, not titles, are the currency of this new era,” the firm said in a press release.The line was reminiscent of news from January, first reported by Business Insider, that fellow Big Four firm…

2025-09-27T12:53:02Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived in luxurious homes throughout the East Coast. She spent her childhood summers in mansions in the Hamptons, New York, and Rhode Island. Photos show the impressive homes she lived in and owned in her lifetime. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis grew up in spacious New York apartments…

Marcus: Homeschooling’s not that taboo anymore.Our decision to take up homeschooling was more internal between us than external. We follow Jefferson Bethke, an author and prominent voice in Christian media, who wrote several books on family and marriage, which led us to learn more.We read one book after another and fell into the rabbit hole of reimagining how we wanted to raise our family.Hannah: I was homeschooled until the second grade by my mom, and I never thought I would homeschool our daughter, but I’m happy it turned out this way. Our oldest was months old during the pandemic, and…

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Reiji Kobayashi, a Japanese startup founder based in Bengaluru, India. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always been an entrepreneur. I dropped out of university before my final year to launch a web marketing business in Japan. I sold the company, started learning about the real estate business, and launched a share house company. After leaving that company, I moved to Kenya in 2018, where I had traveled in college, to launch a startup.My first year in Kenya was a nightmare. I had built and sold several businesses at…